The background document for the FAO e-mail conference on GMOs and gene flow is now available (http://www.fao.org/biotech/C7doc.htm). The conference runs from 31 May to 5 July 2002 and is entitled "Gene flow from GM to non-GM populations in the crop, forestry, animal and fishery sectors". It is the seventh conference of the FAO Electronic Forum on Biotechnology in Food and Agriculture (see http://www.fao.org/biotech/forum.asp).